Bill |
Description |
Status |
SB0247
HB0445 |
Authorizes LEAs to complete a health report card on each child enrolled within their school system whose parents have not requested exclusion from testing within 90 days of the beginning of each school year. Permissive. (S: Finney; H: Fowlkes) |
P.C. 194
Effective 5/19/2005 |
SB0312
HB0547 |
Extends the time by which the General Assembly by private act or the local legislative body by resolution may adopt a plan to implement four-year staggered terms of election for a local board of education from July 31, 2000, to July 31, 2005. (S: Burks; H: Swafford) |
P.C. 320
Effective 6/07/2005 |
SB0434
HB1419 |
Addresses adjustments in ADM as necessary to effectuate an equitable distribution and division of state BEP funds between two or more school districts in a county. Permits the commissioner to make such adjustments. Requires joint agreement between two or more school districts. (S: Ford J.; H: Jones, U.) |
P.C. 452
Effective 6/18/2005 |
SB0460
HB0675 |
Gives local education agencies the authority to allocate state funds designated for extended contracts as such agencies see fit in order to meet annual needs assessment specifications, as long as such allocation of funds is consistent with the needs of the specific programs. (S: McLeary; H: Maddox) |
P.C. 218
Effective 5/27/2005 |
SB0516
HB0625 |
Directs the Education Oversight Committee to examine and study the dates for starting and ending the school year in public schools. (S: Miller J.; H: McCord) |
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SB0641
HB0585 |
Encourages school districts to implement a program to maintain and improve air quality in schools. Requires the Department of Education to conduct a survey of local school districts on air quality issues. (S: Hagood; H: Litz) |
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SB0696
HB1104 |
Requires active or retired military personnel who seek to serve as JROTC instructors to be properly licensed. (S: Fowler; H: McMillan) |
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SB0825
HB1107 |
Requires elementary and secondary schools to provide annually information about meningococcal disease to parents and guardians of students. (S: McLeary; H: McMillan) |
P.C. 177
Effective 7/01/2005 |
SB0973
HB0838 |
Changes the number of hours that an after-school program must be available to students in order to qualify for a lottery grant or lottery funded technical assistance from 20 hours per week to an average of 15 hours per week. Gives preference to programs that maintain an enrollment consisting of at least 80 percent at-risk children. (S: Hagood; H: Jones U.) |
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SB1015
HB0649 |
Authorizes the State Board of Education to establish policies whereby a student, who narrowly misses passage of the Gateway exams, may be awarded points based upon clear indicia of student classroom performance and achievement. (S: Crutchfield; H: Brown) |
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SB1090
HB0107 |
Requires LEAs to implement conflict resolution intervention programs for grades three through six. Current law requires such programs for grades one and two only. Also requires each LEA to report to the commissioner on the conflict resolution intervention programs implemented during the previous school year. (S: Harper; H: Pruitt) |
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SB1173
HB0990 |
Specifies LEAs may not require World War I, World War II, and Korean War veterans or immediate family of deceased veterans to be current residents of the state at time of requesting issuance of high school diploma. (S: Harper; H: Vaughn) |
P.C. 108
Effective 5/04/2005 |
SB1284
HB1250 |
Allows redetermination of salary ratings for certain school personnel who complete additional academic training after the beginning of a school year but prior to January 1 of the school year. (S: Ramsey; H: Mumpower) |
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SB1315
HB1532 |
Makes revisions to the lottery scholarship program. Increases scholarship grants; extends period of enrollment for high school graduates; allows weighted grade point averages; funds dual enrollment grants for high school students who are receiving college credit in courses at eligible post-secondary institutions. (S: McNally; H: Winningham) |
P.C. 481
Effective 7/01/2005 |
SB1343
HB0954 |
Rewrites process of request for proposals in construction management services provided to local boards of education. Requires written RFP. Prohibits bundling of more than three construction projects in a single RFP. Requires sealed bids for actual construction work be opened at the bid opening and requires that the names of the contractors and their bid amounts be announced. (S: Burchett; H: Hargett) |
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SB1563
HB2123 |
Requires 12-month agricultural education programs that were in existence during the 1992-93 school year or implemented thereafter to be maintained as 12-month programs if determined to be a quality agricultural education program by criteria established by the Department of Education. (S: Burks; H: Bone) |
P.C. 143
Effective 5/09/2005 |
SB1621
HB2114 |
Requires each public school to adopt a policy addressing bullying by students. (S: Black; H: Jones, S.) |
P.C. 202
Effective 5/19/2005 |
SB1629
HB0669 |
Permits children of full-time public school technology coordinators to receive same tuition discount at state institutions of higher education as children of full-time certified public school teachers. (S: Norris; H: Maddox) |
P.C. 447
Effective 6/17/2005 |
SB1660
HB1262 |
Requires local board of education to recommend use of local dedicated education fund balance for recurring or nonrecurring annual operating expenses or for budgeting purposes before appropriation of such funds by local legislative body. (S: Hagood; H: Winningham) |
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SB1676
HB0863 |
Allows student with anaphylaxis to self-administer medication while on school property or at school-related events if such student meets certain requirements. (S: Cohen; H: Marrero) |
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SB1816
HB0281 |
Specifies that if within 180 days of the end of the school year a school bus reaches fifteen years of use it can still be operated if it meets all the requirements for safe use and operation. (S: Herron; H: McDaniel) |
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SB1972
HB1645 |
Directs the Department of Education, in consultation with the State Board of Education, to conduct a study of the benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy for students with persistent behavioral problems. (S: Williams, M.; H: McKee) |
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SB2093
HB2019 |
Enacts the "Local Government Modernization Act of 2005." Specifies the comptroller will review and evaluate those county governments which fail to implement accounting and financial reporting standards and make recommendations on how to improve the system to facilitate compliance with reporting standards. Requires the county legislative body to act upon the recommendation within ninety days of notification. (S: Henry; H: Fitzhugh) |
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SB2094
HB2017 |
Creates an enhancement program for debt financing by local governments for LEA capital outlay projects. (S: Henry; H: Fitzhugh) |
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SB2106
HB1938 |
Authorizes LEAs to establish evening alternative schools for students in grades 6-12. (S: Burchett; H: Brooks, Harry) |
P.C. 200
Effective 5/19/2005 |
SB2115
HB2069 |
Establishes the purpose of each family resource center will be to maximize the potential learning capacity of the child. Specifies how the resource centers will maximize the learning capacity. Requires the department of education and the department of children's services to develop guidelines for the operation of family resource centers. (S: Crutchfield; H: Montgomery) |
P.C. 192
Effective 5/19/2005 |
SB2123
HB1985 |
Prohibits a director of schools from serving on the county legislative body. Grandfathers in those individuals currently serving in both capacities. (S: Black; H: Lynn) |
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SB2167
HB2137 |
Expands Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act of 2002. (S: Hagood; H: Jones U.) |
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SB2234
HB2186 |
Specifies that the Executive Director of the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute shall have demonstrated expertise in foreign language or cultural issues and programs. (S: Hagood; H: Montgomery) |
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SB2275
HB2288 |
Establishes the Governor's Books from Birth Fund to promote and foster development of a comprehensive statewide program for encouraging preschool children to read. (S: Kyle; H: McMillan) |
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SB2315
HB2331 |
Appropriations bill. Makes appropriations for the operation of state government. (S: Kyle; H: McMillan) |
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SB2317
HB2333 |
Enacts the "Voluntary Pre-K for Tennessee Act of 2005." (S: Kyle; H: McMillan) |
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SB2318
HB2334 |
Enacts the "Meth-Free Tennessee Act of 2005." (S: Kyle; H: McMillan) |
P.C. 18
Effective 3/30/2005 |
SR0029
HR100 |
Approves the revisions to components of the BEP as proposed by the State Board of Education and recommended by the Education Committees. (S: Kyle; H: Winningham) |
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